. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . SAM-SON AND DE-LI-LAH. *32 History of the Old Testament, Lord to keep him. For his hair grew out and hisstrength came back. But the Phil-is-tines did notknow this. They had made their own god, and its name wasDa-gon. And they thought that Da-gon gave Sam-son in-to their hands, and loud was their praise ofhim. And all the Phil-is-tines met in the large housethat had been built for Da-gon that they might bowdown to their god and give him thanks. The crowd was great, and their hearts were fullof jo
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . SAM-SON AND DE-LI-LAH. *32 History of the Old Testament, Lord to keep him. For his hair grew out and hisstrength came back. But the Phil-is-tines did notknow this. They had made their own god, and its name wasDa-gon. And they thought that Da-gon gave Sam-son in-to their hands, and loud was their praise ofhim. And all the Phil-is-tines met in the large housethat had been built for Da-gon that they might bowdown to their god and give him thanks. The crowd was great, and their hearts were fullof joy. And they said, Send for Sam-son that hemay make sport for us. And poor blind Sam-sonwas brought in, and sat down in their midst. Andthose in the house and those on the roof made sportof him in all sorts of ways. And Sam-son put his arms round two of thegreat posts that held up the house. And he bentdown, and the house fell, and most of the Phil-is-tines were killed. Sam-son died with them, and byhis death slew more of the foes of Is-ra-el than he hadslain in all his CHAPTER X. RUTH. While Is-ra-el was ruled by a judge whose namehas not come down to us, a dearth came on the landof Ca-naan. And one of the Jews who dwelt inBeth-le-hem, took his wife and his two sons andwent to stay for a while in the land of Mo-ab. Hiswifes name was Na-o-mi. The man died whilethey were in Mo-ab, and in a few years each of thesons took him a wife. And their names were Or-pahand Ruth. At the end of ten years the sons died,and Na-o-mi and their wives dwelt in the land ofMo-ab. When Na-o-mi heard there was no lack of foodin Is-ra-el, she made up her mind to go back toBeth-le-hem to live. She told Or-pah and Ruth of her plan, and saidif they choose to stay in the land of Mo-ab, where theywere born, they might do so. And they kissed her and wept and said theywould go with her. But she bade them stay where they were, and at last Or-pah, with tears in her eyes, (134) Ruth. i35 kissed Na-o-mi goo
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